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Goliad State Park hosts 'Los Pastores - A Shepherd's Play'

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The Goliad State Park will host Los Pastores - A Shepherd's Play - at 2 p.m. Saturday. The program will utilize cultural tools such as music, dance, action and costumes to communicate the meanings of the plays to non-Spanish speaking Native Americans.
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  • Originally published January 11, 2012 at 5:03 p.m., updated January 11, 2012 at 11:15 p.m.

  • IF YOU GO

  • WHEN: 2 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Goliad State Park, about 1/2COST: $3 for adults; free, for children 12 years old and younger FOR MORE: Call 361-645-3405

GOLIAD - Goliad State Park will host "Los Pastores - A Shepherd's Play" at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Franciscan priests created shepherds' plays, which depict the shepherds' journey to see Baby Jesus, in the 16th century as a way to share the Spanish culture and religion with Meso-American Indians.

Familiar cultural tools such as music, dance, action and costumes were used to communicate the meanings of the plays to non-Spanish speaking American Indians. It is very likely that shepherds' plays were performed at the Spanish colonial site of Mission Espiritu Santo during the 18th century.